GURDON, John (1595-1679), of Assington, Suff.

Family and Education

b. 3 July 1595, 1st s. of Brampton Gurdon† of Assington, Suff. and 1st w., Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Edward Barrett of Belhouse, Aveley, Essex;Winthrop Pprs. i. 64; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612, ed. W.C. Metcalfe (Exeter, 1882), 141-2; F.A. Crisp, Vis. Eng. and Wales - Notes (1893-1921), ix. 107-8. half-bro. of Brampton Gurdon*. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1611; G. Inn 1614.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. m. c. Mar. 1620, Anne (d. 1681), da. of Sir Calthorp Parker of Erwarton, Suff. 7s. 3da.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA54/1/9: declaration, 22 Mar. 1620; Vis. Suff. 1664-8 (Harl. Soc. lxi), 158; Crisp, Vis. Notes, ix. 108-111. suc. grandfa. 1623; fa. 1650. bur. 9 Sept. 1679 9 Sept. 1679.Crisp, Vis. Notes, ix. 108.

Offices Held

Local: commr. subsidy, Suff. 1621, 1622, 1641;C212/22/20–1; Add. 39245, f. 51v; SR. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1679.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); SR. Dep. lt. 3 Sept. 1642–?LJ v. 337b. Recvr. loans on Propositions, Ipswich 10 Sept. 1642.LJ v. 346b. Commr. sequestration, Suff. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; Eastern Assoc. Suff. 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O. Member, Suff. co. cttee. 1643–60.Suff. ed. Everitt, 134. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; sewers, Mdx. 15 Oct. 1645;C181/5, f. 262v. Norf. and Suff. June 1658-aft. Feb. 1659;C181/6, pp. 292, 342. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Essex 14 Mar. 1655. 3 Apr. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 15v. J.p. Mdx.; Suff. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/3, ff. 42, 60v; C193/13/4, f. 61v; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List (1660), 51. Commr. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650.Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). Gov. Charterhouse, London Dec. 1650-aft. May 1660.G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London (1921), 235, 353; Alumni Carthusiani ed. B. Marsh and F.A. Crisp (1913), 21, 24–8. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Suff. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 16, 379. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 1 Aug. 1643, 16 Oct. 1644;CJ iii. 189b, 666b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 21 Oct. 1643;CJ iii. 283b. cttee. of navy and customs, 2 Nov. 1643;CJ iii. 243b, 299a. cttee. for compounding, 8 Nov. 1643,CJ iii. 305a. 8 Feb. 1647;A. and O. cttee. for advance of money, 13 Nov. 1643;CJ iii. 309a. cttee. for sequestrations, 7 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 581b; LJ vi. 663a. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 19 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 121b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652.A. and O.; CJ vii. 42a, 220a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Sub-commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 28 June 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 447.

Religious: elder, first Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 423.

: of Assington, Suff.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GURDON, John (1595-1679), of Assington, Suff.

Will

25 June 1677, pr. 4 Oct. 1679.PROB11/361/33.

Estates

inherited lands at Assington, Little Cornard, Wissington, and Nayland, Suff. and Ovington and Bulmer, Essex, from grandfa. John Gurdon in 1623;PROB11/142/372. inherited lands at Great Wenham, East Bergholt and Reydon, Suff. from fa. in 1650;PROB11/212/272. worth £1,400 p.a. late 1650s.Soc. Antiq. MS 667, p. 171.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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